>> well, jake sherman then i reported this morning and last night. republicans are actually really fretting this discussion draft coming out because of the election. they're supportive and general in theory of tax reform the man republican ideal : it comes to being a few months out from the midterm election they're not necessarily pleased. it will be asked to take a stand on a bill a potentially has a lot of democratic ideals or even if it does, you know, bring those individuals and corporate rates down low enough. it might take a lack of mortgage infrastructure, things that are popular with taxpayers and our bipartisan the popular. that is not really acting date -- helping dave can that he as rank-and-file republicans fretting. eric cantor and the leaders of the house republican caucus told him last december to put the brakes on it. there was not democratic support that has been lifted a little bit allowing him to move forward with the draft, but there is still not support from what we understand. and democrats are lethal. this will give them an ama

>> my colleague jake sherman and i reported this morning and last night, republicans are actually really fretting this discussion draft coming up. because of the election. they're spove of general and theory of tax reform, it's a republican ideal. but when it comes to just being a few months out from the midterm election, they're not necessarily pleased they're going to be asked to take a stance on a bill that potentially has a lot of democratic ideals in it, or even if it does bring those individuals and corporate rates down low enough, 25%, it might take a whack at mortgage interest reduction or other reductions, things that are popular with taxpayers and bipartisanly popular. that's not helping dave camp in this situation. that he has rank and file republicans fretting it. eric cantor and john boehner, the leaders of the house republican caucus, told him last december to put the brakes on it, when there wasn't democratic support. that has been lifted a little bit, allowing him to move forward with the draft. but they're still not whipping support from what we understand. and democrats

jake sherman, a reporter for tweeted this out.o potential for a debt ceiling vote until the last week of february. we are getting your take on whether or not president obama and congress should be negotiating over the debt ceiling or should it be a clean vote. what are your thoughts? larry, d.c., republican caller. paul moeller stated that america is heading towards a meltdown. volcker stated that america is heading towards a meltdown. america is no longer a manufacturing economy. it is a consumer economy. dollar is like a rope. it is a tug-of-war between inflation and deflation. that is why china is converting america's debt. we are heading towards a capital flight. people can live in a fantasy world if they want to. we are heading into a depression. it is going to leave a third world war three. is 220 trillion. it is not 16 trillion. they don't want people to panic. get ready. reality is going to smack everyone in the face. cathy mcmorris rodgers tweeted this about the whole idea of whether or not the debt ceiling can be negotia

also, this tweet from jake sherman.t host: also, the senate conservative fund, a fund raising pac in washington that hopes to get conservatives elected to the senate, they have said that they want speaker boehner to be replaced as the leader of the house republicans, and the group is rallying supporters to the website replacethespeaker.com. "is to get 15 house republicans to support the cause, which, if there is no change in the balance in the house, will leave the boehner short of the votes he needs for another term as speaker." host: kenneth in south bend, indiana, independent rate hike, kenneth. -- independent. hi, kenneth. caller: my question was with regards to raising the debt ceiling. i listened to your show the other day, and they were saying that the independent foreclosure review, independent foreclosure andew, debts were forgiven, a 1099 was sent out to those the debt was forgiven too, but the previous legislation, it was forgiven, it was forgiven, and that they would reinstitute it, to my understanding, if t

jake tapper wanted to get his thoughts about today's super bowl and the controversy surrounding one of its players. >> the big game this sunday. >> yes. >> the super bowl. i wondered what you made of the richard sherman the pushback, the pushback to the pushback. his argument that people calling him a thug are just using a more polite version of the "n" word. what did you think of the whole thing? >> first of all i think he's a great cornerback who made a great play and won the game for the seahawks. you have to give him credit for that. he is, obviously, a very smart guy and wonderful story, the fact that he came up from compton and went to stanford, has helped other people graduate and go to college from his old school, and my sense is he's taken a page out of muhammad ali's playbook, i think he said that explicitly, which is a good way to get attention. in fact, you know, ali said he got his schtick from wrestlers he used to watch. >> so it's just that tradition? >> and i think it's part of that tradition of, you know, let me get some attention, and obviously it's worked. i suspect that he's going to have a lot more endorsement contracts and more jersey sales after that, but it's going to be a gre